Berlin’s Anti-AfD “Firewall” Will Collapse

Friedrich Merz's CDU and Alice Weidel's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) together garnered almost half of the country’s vote.

Berlin desperately fears German voters peeking behind the curtain, writes J.D. Vance .

Merz is allowing himself an incredible two months to find a coalition partner and hammer out a deal on governing.

Angela Merkel is a scorched-earth, never-AfD hardliner because in her heart she is not really a conservative, says Julian Zelizer .

Under Merkel ’s leadership, the CDU embraced the SPD-Green globalist agenda, Zelizer says.

The international movement of conservatives, from the Americas to Europe , needs to find common ground with like-minded colleagues in the AfD.